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Gibilisco, Stan. Physics DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010.

Physics DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition

Authors: Stan Gibilisco

Published:  November 2010

eISBN: 9780071744515 0071744517 | ISBN: 9780071744508
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • How to Use This Book
  • Part I: Classical Physics
  • Chapter 0 Review of Scientific Notation
  • Subscripts and Superscripts
  • Power-of-10 Notation
  • Rules for Use
  • Approximation, Error, and Precedence
  • Significant Figures
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 1 Units and Constants
  • Systems of Units
  • Base Units
  • Derived Units
  • Constants
  • Unit Conversions
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 2 Mass, Force, and Motion
  • Mass
  • Force
  • Displacement
  • Speed
  • Velocity
  • Acceleration
  • Newton’s Laws of Motion
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 3 Momentum, Work, Energy, and Power
  • Momentum
  • Collisions
  • Work
  • Energy
  • Power
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 4 Particles of Matter
  • Early Theories
  • The Nucleus
  • Outside the Nucleus
  • Energy from Matter
  • Compounds
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 5 Basic States of Matter
  • The Solid Phase
  • The Liquid Phase
  • The Gaseous Phase
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 6 Temperature, Pressure, and Changes of State
  • What is Heat?
  • Temperature
  • Some Effects of Temperature
  • Temperature and States of Matter
  • Quiz
  • Test: Part I
  • Part II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Electronics
  • Chapter 7 Direct Current
  • What Electricity Does
  • Electrical Diagrams
  • Voltage/Current/Resistance Circuits
  • How Resistances Combine
  • Kirchhoff’s Laws
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 8 Alternating Current
  • Definition of Alternating Current
  • Waveforms
  • Fractions of a Cycle
  • Amplitude
  • Phase Angle
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 9 Magnetism
  • Geomagnetism
  • Magnetic Force
  • Magnetic Field Strength
  • Electromagnets
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Magnetic Machines
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 10 More About Alternating Current
  • Inductance
  • Inductive Reactance
  • Capacitance
  • Capacitive Reactance
  • Graphs of Complex Impedance
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 11 Semiconductors
  • The Diode
  • The Bipolar Transistor
  • How a Bipolar Transistor Amplifies Signals
  • The Field-Effect Transistor
  • How a JFET Amplifies Signals
  • The MOSFET
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Quiz
  • Test: Part II
  • Part III: Waves, Particles, Space, and Time
  • Chapter 12 Wave Phenomena
  • Intangible Waves
  • Fundamental Properties
  • Wave Interaction
  • Wave Mysteries
  • Particle or Wave?
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 13 Forms of Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • ELF Fields
  • RF Waves
  • Beyond the Radio Spectrum
  • Radioactivity
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 14 Optics
  • How Light Behaves
  • Lenses and Mirrors
  • Refracting Telescopes
  • Reflecting Telescopes
  • Telescope Specifications
  • The Compound Microscope
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 15 Relativity Theory
  • Telling Time
  • Time Dilation
  • Spatial Distortion
  • Mass Distortion
  • General Relativity
  • Quiz
  • Test: Part III
  • Final Exam
  • Answers to Quizzes, Tests, and Final Exam
  • Suggested Additional Reading
  • Index